St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09

| assemble at the league club house.
4 recess was taken long enough to
/ enable the COMMITTEES to take possession
/ of their new and far more agreeable
! quarters, and when Chairman Jones
again called the members to order an
! informal discussion ensued as TO the
| time which should be allowed to the
| representatives of the various cities
/ which are competing for the prize of
holding the next Republican convention
/ 10 present their respective claims. 1t
! was finally decided that fifteen minutes
/ should he accorded to each delegation.
! and the first delegation admitted was
! from
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.
/ A large number of gentlemen bearing
/ badges indicating that they were pres
I ent to advocate the claims of Minneap-
/ oils. Their spokesman was ex-senator
WinSOm. who gave the reasons why he
! thought that Minneapolis should be
! favored by the committee.
/ He guaranteed on behalf of the citi-
! Zens Of that city that the travelling eX-
penSes of delegates should not be
/ greater than if the convention should
/ be held in Chicago. Should the cOnven-
I ton meet at Minneapolis, ample hotel
/ accommodations for 10000 people would
be provided at the usual rates. All the
/ usual expenses of the convention would
/ be paid and all the usual cOurtesies
! extended to the national committee.
/ \ hall with Il seating capacity of
/ over 1000 will be extended for the
! meeting of the convention. and suitable
/ headquarters for every state and terri
J tory would he provided in the same
! building. st. Paul and Minneapolis
! were united in the effort TO secure the
+ convention at the latter place. and the
! rest of the country should encourage
/ their friendlineSS. Laughter. lie had
/ nothing TO say against amy other city.
/ but he warned the committee that the
/ cOventiOu, after sweating for Il week in
/ Philadelphia. st. Louis or Chicago,
would wish that it had met at Minneap-
/ oils. st. Paul and Minneapolis had
/ grown up under Republican political
! principles; they had partaken of the
/ benefits of Republican policy. and he
/ wished to show how they had pros
/ pered under that policy. Minnesota was
neutral as to candidates. and all would
| be treated fairly. There were thousands
/ of men in the state who had ability to
/ be presidents, but Minnesota had
no candidate. An issue had been
/ made by the president in his message
and the Republican party must act
uIlOii IL. llC iSSNt WIS llldl vi DlOltt-
! ton or free trade The president had
adopted form of message never before
II ard IF. He had f. rgOtten to acknOwl-
/ edge even what divine providence had
done for the country. ami had rushed
| into the tariff IS the issue between the two
! parties. lie tNindOm) was glad that
/ the issue had been made. Did gen
tlemen think that when the question
was to be between free trade AMI tariff
( 1t was necessary to carry Goals 10 New
! Castle by going to Philadelphia to make
a Republican platform. The Democrats
knew that there was All element in the
Republican party of the Northwest that
wasn't as sound on the question of pro
lection as il ought TO be. Was ii not to
the Interest of this committee 10 take
the convention to the great Northwest,
where it would do the most good!
SENATOR WINDOW
| alluded to the propinquitA of Minreap-
Oils 10 the great teri tory of Dakota and
severely arraigned the Democratic party
for refusing to grant admission to the
union of states, of Il territory containing
! GOO,00e intelligent people, merely be-
cause they were Republicans. Gen. +.
/ b. Henderson, of Missouri. acted as
spokesman for d large delegation of
gentlemen who were admitted to pre-
sent the advantages of st. Louis as the
/ convention city. He presented the
plans of the Grand Music hall of st.
Louis. and explained that in this build
ing the committee might have choice
of halls-One accommodating l.S00. one
5000. and one ll.U00 persons. He ar
gued that the hotel and railroad facili-
ties of that city were eXcellcd by none
| and. in behalf of the press. he promised
entire fairness of treatment To all the
candidates who might be forward
/ for the SutfrageS of the cOnven-
ton. He referred 10 the fight
which the Republicans of his
state had been making since the war
and the continual defeat which they had
met. He predicted. however. that the
electoral vote of Missouri would. in the
| next election, be found in favor of the
| nominee of the Republican convention,
whoever he might he. Col. ID. i. Dyer,
of St. Louis, in q vigorous speech see
Onded Gen. HenderSOn's desire that St
Louis should be chosen. and declared
that as OH fair vote the city was Re-
! publican. the holding of Il convention
there would greatly encourage and help
| Missouri Republicans in their fight.
/ The convention should be assembled
there because it was a central point and
because st. Louis had no fight to make
on any man who might he a candidate
On the issue made 10y the president
message Republicans could 90 into the
mining and manufacturing portions of
the state and carry Missouri for the Re
publican party. Applause The Mis-
souri, delegation having retired. the
committee at 80 took a recess for one
hour. After the recess
THE CHICAGO DELEGATION
was admitted. and MAYOR Roche. of
Chicago. in buSinPSSlike manner de
tailed the cOnVenienceS which could he
accorded the members of the convention
by Chicago III case that city secured the
favorable vote of the committee. Chi
cagO proposed to do as much and more
for the accommodation of the convention
than she had done four years ago. and
he claimed that she was better pre-
pared than any other city in the country
TO care for the visitors 10 the c0nNen-
ton. He. as mayor. would he pleased
10 have the convention meet in city
which had grown To be what She was
under the protecting intiuenc" of a tar
if. Applause. Senator CullOm earn
estlyArged the committee to select Chi
cagO. and he made brief resume of the
hotel. railroad and Geographic facilities
of the city. Chicago to-day was in favor
Oh projection. anu idu ptcl lllipIONtu i'll
other ways since 1854. 1t had had much
to do in graphing with the element of
communism and socialism that had been
spreading over the country. II had
been settled by the authorities of Hi
nOiS that 4 man who diSregardcd the
rights of property and the law and
government could not live in ChicagOor
in the commonwealth. IApplausel. He
hoped that Chicago would he selected.
but whether it were or not. Illinois and
Minnesota and Nebraska and Kansas
and Iowa would stand 10y their cGlOrs
and vote the Republican ticket. Sena-
tor Henderson spoke for Omaha--th
young giant of Il municipality. situated
in the heart Of continent and upon
the banks of the greatest river in the